wrapping up the last boxes of Charles S. Bliss!!!!
My former students who processed any part of Saginaw Michigan lumber baron Charles S. Bliss' collection will be glad to know that Natalie is completing the processing of the last 7 cubic feet of Bliss. For many years my HST 583 class processed Bliss when we met in person in the Clarke. COVID caused me to shift the class to hybrid, so students in the class physically processing Bliss was no longer practical. So, completing the last of Bliss had to wait until I had a really capable processing student. Thank you Natalie! Bliss and his staff filled hundreds of Globe Leader Filing Cabinet boxes for his personal and business records. Most of the boxes were full of letters and assorted financials filled in rough alphabetical order. The boxes had sections separated by now acid paper sheets labeled A, B, C, etc. He and his staff roughly filed materials by personal and corporate names. Each box usually held an alphabetical run for a few months of a year. This last bo...